F5 Networks this week debuted the 4200v version of its BIG-IP line of application delivery controllers -- specialized hardware designed to help lessen the load imposed on network-based services -- significantly bolstering the transaction handling and capacity over its current high-end box.
Even though it completed the bulk of a <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072011-cisco-job-cuts.html">major restructuring</a> earlier this year, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a> continues to tweak its internal organizational structure.
There's cause for contentment among IT pros, many of whom are staying put at their current jobs due to a combination of lingering economic concerns and improving conditions at work.
If an employee walked into work one day clutching his shiny new iPhone, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a>, Android or other mobile smartphone or tablet, wanting to use it for official corporate business, would you say yes?
The cloud is revolutionizing networking, and this overhaul presents enormous challenges for IT managers who are used to being able to see, monitor and control their networks and systems.
A browser-based app developed by Georgia Tech researchers is designed to help Internet users make better use of their bandwidth – and to make sure ISPs are holding up their end of the bandwidth bargain.
Cisco this week broadened the security and management capabilities of its enterprise products to help IT shops get a better grip on mobile devices, video and changing workforce habits.
This week, a $12 billion maker of network connectors and panels will unveil a chipset to provide greater security and visibility in data center networks.
Ever wonder how much of a time suck Bejeweled is? Or how often your legitimate work-related research on the Web deteriorates into recreational browsing? Now there is software that will tell not only you, but also your boss and your coworkers.
It may have been the ease of use and lower costs that drove the city government of Panama City, Fla., to use <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/022311-google-launches-apps-certification-program.html?hpg1=bn">Google Apps</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/062210-google-apps-rajen-sheth.html?ap1=rcb">Docs</a>, but state regulations and IT governance procedures made them look for a way to secure and manage the environment.
Verizon will throttle back bandwidth available to the biggest data hogs on its <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011011-verizon-network-iphone-apple-cdma.html?nwwpkg=iphone&ap1=rcb">wireless network</a> in what it calls an effort to keep up service quality for everybody else.
Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately-held Pari Networks, a provider of network configuration, change and compliance management appliances that was <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/013108-network-management-start-up.html">founded by former Cisco engineers</a>.
Enterasys Networks this week is unveiling a management system designed to provide visibility, automation and control over physical and virtual data center resources.
Year-old start-up company AppFirst is trying to shake up the way IT administrators think not only about application performance management but also server monitoring in general.
Novell has released a new version of its Zenworks PC management suite, consolidating separate applications through a new unified administrative console, and adding a range of features including awareness of the end user's identity and location.